Can Someone be Simply "An Agnostic?"

[One Above All]

Agnosticism, on its own, when it comes to belief, is meaningless. The religious perspectives are two, and only two: atheism and theism. There is no middle ground. You either believe, or you don't. You can't "not believe" but also "not not believe". It makes no sense.
To understand this, imagine if I asked you what brand you car was. In response, you'd say that it was a blue car. Would your answer be apropos? No, it would not. I didn't ask you what color it was. I asked the brand. Likewise, when you ask someone if they believe or not and they say they're an agnostic, they're just saying they're not sure. That's it. Nothing more. They don't tell you if they're not sure if deities exist, but believe that they do, or if they're not sure if deities don't exist, but disbelieve in their existence. They're just not sure. You might want to say "That's great, you're not sure if deities exist or not. But do you believe that they do, or do you lack belief that they do?", which is the first step in educating self-proclaimed agnostics in what the term actually means.